Reversible window.



No. 645,l53. Patented Mar. I3, I900.

H. K. WHITNER.

REVERSIBLE wmoow.

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I'IIRAM K. 'WIIITNER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REVERSIBLE WINIDOW.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed September 28, 18

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM K. WHITNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reversible Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to that type of reversible windows that have a duality of stiles on each side of the window provided with a pivotal union, whereby the facing edges of said stiles are held in engagement. One ofsaid stiles being part of and partaking of all the movements of the sash proper, said stile I designate the side stile. The other being placed in the so-called vertical plane in the sashway and subject to a horizontal side thrustinto said sashway in the first movements in turning said sash proper, hence I term said stile the thrust-stile.

The object of my invention is to construct said reversible windows in a more substantial manner than heretofore.

From time to time in the past twenty-five years various modifications of said types of tion of said thrust-stiles with their adjuncts to the end that said sashes may be turned in a practical manner. The outer edges of said side stiles I alternately bead and channel in sections, the beaded sections being at the top and bottom of the outwardly-facing edge of said side stile, which beading I hereinafter designate the radial beads, while the intermediate section of said facing edge I channel and hereinafter designate said channeling the journal-channel. The thrust-stile has two facing edges, one facing the side stile and the other facing the pulley-stile. The thrust-stile I treat in areverse manner. The top and bottom sections of said stile I channel and hereinafter designate said channeling the longitudinal channels, while the intermediate section of said facing edge Ibead and hereinafter designate said beading the pivotal bead. The depth of said channeling and beadingshould be such as to form an antireversible interlock Patent No. 645,153, dated March 13, 1900.

99. Serial No. 731,906. (No model.)

- between said opposing stiles when the inter stices between said thrust-stiles and the pulley-stiles are each spanned by three thrust-reeach of the thrust-stiles facing the respective pulley-stiles. The diversity in the segments of the circles described by the concentric sweep of said sections of the side stile in the movements producing the horizontal thrust in the thrust-stile enables me to make the journalchannel in the form of a mortise, and the opposing pivotal bead in the form of a tenon not fitting too snugly when in engagement. This feature will be of ad vantage in a reduction to practice, thereby enabling the opposing riding edges of the turned sash to present broader surfaces to each other than if, as heretofore, the channeling and beading were made continuous throughout the respective facing edges of said stiles. It will be further observed that the tenon-form pivotal bead supports the pivot-pin in a much more substantial manner than has been done heretofore. At the same time the walls of the narrow journal-channels afford greater support to the journal-socket inserted into the side stile, practically leaving no nonengaging portion of the pivot-pin when said pin is partially withdrawn from said socket in the horizontal thrust of said thrust-stile. This cannot be the case when the channeling and beading are uniform throughout the length of said stiles. Again, by referring to my accompanying drawings, hereinafter more fully will be found that by dividing each of said stiles into alternating channeling and beadfications the wider radial beading will rest upon the narrower j ournal-channel. I preferably present the larger rounded radial heading to the sashway-stops, thereby obviating sisting buttons adj ustably fixed in the edge of ing of various forms I am enabled to causedescribed by means of reference-letters, it'

Heretofore the liability to marring. Hence said radial heading should be upon the edge of the side stile. Again, the hard-wood thrust-stile of small cross-section offers the best facilities for securing the pivot-base, (the pivotal bead.) Hence it is not mere fancy that induces me to bead the extremes of theside stiles and head the intermediate section of the thruststiles. I thereby attain practical advantages that cannot be attained by transposing said beading and channeling.

Having referred so fully and pointedont the diiference between the heretofore state of the art and my improved device, it will not be incumbent upon 'me to enter any formal disclaimer. This applies equally Well to my system of antithrust-buttons on the thruststile, which differ from any heretofore shown and described, inasmuch as no two of said three buttons used in my device can engage with the recesses in the pulley-stile excepting at one predetermined point.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sash-frame in its normal position and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a View showing my improved window partially turned. Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing a radial bead in engagement with a longitudinal channel. Fig. 4 shows my pivotal bead in engagement with my journal-channel. Fig. 5 is a view of the same with pivotal bead riding upon the edges of the journal-channel when the sash proper is turned. Figs. 6, 7,and 8 show a modified pivotal union, said Fig. 6 being a side view of the interlocking edges detailed in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 9 is a cross-section showing a radial bead in engagement with a longitudinal channel. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of Fig. 6. Fig. 11 isa cross-section of Fig. 7. Fig. 12 is a cross-section of Fig. 8.

In Fig. 1, X is the side stile: Z is the thruststile. Y is the pulley-stile. A B C are buttons fixed at irregular intervals, as shown, in the edge of said thrust-stile Z and spanning the interstiee D. a, Z), and c are recesses in said pulley-stile Y. Reference should be had to Figs. 4: and 5 for the details of the pivotal union shown in broken lines in said Fig. 1. T is a predetermined-point indicator placed upon the thrust-stile. t is a like indicator placed upon the window-stop.

In Fig. 2, X is the side stile turned as an inseparable portion of the sash proper. Thruststile Z is thrust laterally toward the pulleystile Y, primarily by the disengaging of the radial beads E and F from the'respeetive longitudinal channels e and f, (shown in broken lines,) said thrust-stile Z being held in position by the pivotal bead G, riding on the edges of the j ournal-channel g, as shown more fully in Fig. 5, said action of the parts keeping buttons A, B, and O in engagement with recesses a, b, and c at a predetermined point, with the interstice D shown in Fig. 1 obliterated in said Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 a cross-section is shown of the side -,being more clearly shown in Fig. 5.

stile X, the thrust-stile Z, radial head F, and longitudinal channel f.

In Fig. 4 a detailed side view of the pivotal union is shown that is seen in broken lines in Fig. 1. In said Fig. 4, X is the side stile. Z is the thrust-stile. E is a portion of the top radial'bead in engagement with a portion'of the top longitudinal channele. F is a portion of the bottom radial head in engagement with a portion of the bottom longitudinal channel f. G is the pivotal-bead in engagement with the journal-channel g, the latter v Pivotpin His shown in full engagement with journaLsocket h. It will be readily inferred that if said socket h is greater in diameter than the width of said journalchannel (the mortise) the longitudinal cutting of said mortise across the orifice of said socket will leave segments of said socket standing as part of the wall oneach side of said journal-channel and flush with the edges of said journal-channel. The edges of and o of one of said segments are shown in broken linesin Fig. 4 and more in detail-in Fig. 5. I

In Fig. 5 a detailed side view of the pivotal union is shown that is seen partially in broken lines in Fig.2. Said Fig.2 and said Fig. 5

both show thesash proper turned. X is the side stile; Z, the thrust-stile; G, the pivotal bead; g, the journal-channel,showing segment edges 0' and o supporting said pivotal bead G. E is a portion of the upper radial bead. F is a portion of the lower radial head. H is the pivot-pin, shown partially withdrawn from socket 72, because of the turned state of the sash. B is a button, shown in Fig. 1 where it spans the interstice D, while in Fig. 2 saidbutton B is thrust into recess 5 by the lateral displacement occasioned by the turning of the sash, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

In Fig. 6, X is the side stile. Z is the thruststile. E is a portion of the upper radial head. F is a portion of the lower radial head. G is a side view of the pivotal base, an equivalent of the pivotal bead shown in the previous figures. g is a rabbet, an equivalent of the journal-channel shown in the previous figures, inasmuch as said rabbet g is cut out of the outer half of the facing edge of the side stile and of a depth equaling the channeling on the thrust-stile, as detailed in the facing edge shown in Fig. '7 and in cross-section, Fig. 11, while the preferred journal-channel occupies a longitudinal central position on the facing edge in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4:.

In Fig. 7 the edge of the side stile X pertaining to Fig. 6 is shown in detail. E is the upper radial head. F is the lower radial head. g is the rabbet. h is the journal-socket.

In Fig. 8 the edge of the thrust-stile Z pertaining to Fig. 6 is shown in detail. 6 is the upper longitudinal channel. f is the lower longitudinal channel. G is the pivotal base,

an equivalent of the pivotal bead shown in the previous figures, inasmuch as said pivotal 645,153 g a I base G is built upon the outer half of the facing edge of said thrust-stile and-of the same height as the beading on the side stile. H is the pivot-pin.

In Fig. 9 a cross-section is shown of the side stile X, thrust-stile Z, radial bead F, and longitudinal channel f.

The operation of my improved reversible window is such that with the buttonsA B C,

Fig. 1, in engagement with pulley-stile Y the said side and thrust stiles X and Z are interlocked in an antireversible lock; but when the lower sash is raised or the upper sash is lowered to a predetermined point in said sashways said buttons A B C may be thrust into the respective recesses a b c in said pulleystile Y, when said sash may be turned, and while in said turned position, because of said beading riding upon the edges of the walls of said channels, the said buttons will be held in engagement in said recesses and the sash will be held immovable in thesashways, but may be freely turned. I preferably make said buttons A B 0 adjustable by mounting them upon wood-screws to engage with the hard wood of said thrust-stiles. It will be further observed that by placing said buttons at irregular intervals at no time while the said sashes are moved up and down can any two of said buttons engage with a like number of recesses excepting at said predetermined point.

Having thus fully described my invention, Iwill now in claims point out what is new and novel.

1. In a reversible window provided with two facing stiles held in engagement on each side of the sash by means of a pivotal union, the combination, a side stile having two radial beads and a journal-channel adapted to interlock with a thrust-stile, a thrust-stile hav ing two longitudinal channels and a pivotal bead whereby the upper radial bead of said side stile may-be supported in a vertical plane by said pivotal bead of said thrust-stile, and means whereby said alternate beading and channeling may be held in engagement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a reversible window provided with two facing stiles held in engagement on each side of the sash by means of a pivotal union, the combination, a side stile having a beaded edge adapted to engage with a thrust-stile, a thrust-stile having a channeled edge facing said side stile and provided with three buttons fixed at irregular intervals on the edge facing the pulley-stile, said buttons being adapted to engage with said pulley-stile, a pulley stile provided with three recesses adapted to engage with said buttons at a predetermined point, and means whereby said sash may be moved up and down in sashways, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a reversible window provided with adjustably at irregular intervals in the edge facing the pulley-stile and adapted to engage with said pulley-stile, a pulley-stile provided with three recesses at relative irregular intervals and adapted to engage with said three buttons at a predetermined point, and means whereby said sash may be moved up and down in sashways, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a reversible window provided with two facing stiles held in engagement on each side of the sash by means of a pivotal union, the combination, a side stile X having two radial beads E and F and a journal-channel g provided with a journal-socket h adapted to engage with a thrust-stile, a thrust-stile Z having two longitudinal channels'e and fand a pivotal bead G provided with a pivot-pin H, three buttons A, B, O adjustably fixed to said thrust-stile Z at irregular intervals adaptedto engage with a pulley-stile, a pulley-stileY provided with three. recesses adapted to engage with said buttons at a predetermined point and means whereby said sash may be moved up and down in sashways, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a reversible window provided with twofacing stiles held in engagement on each side of the sash by means of a pivotal union, the combination, a side stile X having two radial beads E and F and provided with a socket h and rabbet g adapted to engage with a thrust-stile, a thrust-stile Z having two longitudinal channels e and f and provided with a pivot H bearing base G adapted to engage with said rabbet in said side stile and means whereby said channeling and beading may be held in engagement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HIRAM K. WHITNER. W'itnesses:

LOUIS T. MANN, HATTIE B. LEHMAN. 

